Scientists Confirm Star Explosions That Leave Nothing Behind
For 60 years, scientists theorized that the universe's biggest stars could explode so powerfully they vanish completely. New research using gravitational waves just proved they were right.
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Webb Telescope Spots Star Before It Exploded as Supernova
For the first time, NASA's Webb Telescope identified a star before it exploded, solving a decades-old mystery about missing supergiants. The discovery could explain why the universe's most massive dying stars have been so hard to find.
Webb Telescope Spots 13-Billion-Year-Old Supernova
The James Webb Space Telescope captured light from a supernova that exploded when the universe was just 5% of its current age, shattering the previous distance record by over a billion years. The discovery reveals that ancient stars died in remarkably similar ways to stars today.